as a person who was born and raised as a Muslim I agree with Sam Harris

@Pleaseunderstand

8 жыл бұрын

+Grande Milan That's very interesting. Do you still hold more traditional Islamist values or have you taken a more critical/atheistic approach to Islam or religion as a whole?

@bade4ever

8 жыл бұрын

+Kid and a Squid Now I still , in elementary school they taught us only the good things that prophet mohammed did and said ..and the same for his " Sahaba " or friends ..the same about Quran they took only the verses of tolerance and love but while growing up I started to read more and more about war and slavery verses in Quran and I have read many books about Islamic history from Islamic sources and everything became clear for me ...many Muslims still say ISIS is not Islam , they are not lying , they just don't know ...what ISIS is doing was done by the prophet of Islam and his friends ...or just so many of them try to turn a blind eye , because most of Muslims are good people and just won't do anything of that ...the same for Christianity and the dark ages , the bible is not better than Quran ...about the Islamist values for example I don't drink ..I tried drinking even when I was Muslim but never liked it , I prefer juice :)

@Pleaseunderstand

8 жыл бұрын

Grande Milan Hey thanks for sharing. It's definitely interesting hearing people talk about their experiences like you have. I'm sure there are many people out there who have had similar experiences in Islam (or other religions for that matter) and their voices should be heard. And yeah, alcohol tastes like crap.

@bade4ever

8 жыл бұрын

Kid and a Squid Now thank you mate : )

@sdmatt1975

8 жыл бұрын

+Grande Milan Who are the biggest muslim fundamentalists on youtube?

I love ben stiller. he got pretty smart

@phantasmo9998

8 жыл бұрын

Did you ever think there was more to life than being really really really ridiculously good looking?

@Danimal1577

8 жыл бұрын

LOL 😄

@wagrram

8 жыл бұрын

Don't think I've ever laughed for five minutes after reading a YT comment. You win. 😂

@FuckFascistYouTube

8 жыл бұрын

+wagrram Ditto. I almost peed!

@peter_castle

8 жыл бұрын

Hi nice profile pic

I am 30 now, since i am allowed to vote i voted left/liberal, even far left. I cant call my self a leftist anymore, how they handle the issues we have with Islam and imigration made me think a lot, i lost a lot of friends because i cant accept the fascism that Islam is. The right wing parties are the only honest when it comes to Islam, my heart hurts but i think they are the only allies i have left.

@Pleaseunderstand

8 жыл бұрын

+Lemendeer And this is the problem of dogmatism. Real life doesn't exist in isolated ideological bunches. Holding a particular belief shouldn't mean you automatically agree with everything that idea stemmed from.

@azmanabdula

8 жыл бұрын

+Kid and a Squid Now Indeed, People forget that politics is a spectrum, and not set places like notches on a belt...

@Lemendeer

8 жыл бұрын

Uniblonder As you see my post is from the 24.01. but thanks for your reply anyways. Yes i know The RUbin Report, i love it. I will look Gad Saad up. I would wish to have mor eof you people around me, its getting sad in Europe when you think like me, but we start to connect.

@alyasgrey9370

8 жыл бұрын

Kim, every time I hear that it absolutely blows my mind. You do realize that the entire basis for the former Democratic control of the former Confederacy, the Dixiecrat exit to the Republican Party and the current Republican control of those same states is almost entirely based on LBJ and the larger Democratic Party's support for the Civil Rights Act? The ability of anyone to personally conclude that the left is more racist than the right requires such a remarkable level of cognitive dissonance that it's hard to know where to start when arguing against it. The only argument that I have ever heard that holds any coherence is one that states that the left wing somehow disrespects minorities because it treats them with kid gloves and assumes they are incapable of the same things as white people... but if anything they are attempting to give them the opportunity to succeed because they believe it is possible, while many in the right just assume that those are on welfare are simply using it to buy drugs and want to eliminate much of it specifically because they don't believe these people will change. But I think this article sums things up rather well, particularly with the statistic showing that nearly 40% of self-identified white Conservatives oppose a relative marrying a black man.

@voltron5128

8 жыл бұрын

Lemender , I'm in your same situation. The regressive left seems to be the majority of democratics and the liberals who hold staunch views against Islam are cast away as racist. It seems that only the right can recognize the problem of Islam without members of their own party trying to discredit them. Even Obama and Hillary refuse to even state Islam has a connection with terrorism

Any idea that cannot withstand honest criticism, is not worth believing.

@CH-kw8qw

7 жыл бұрын

Anonosus X Right. Like the idea that Sam Harris is an authority on Islam.

@genemcn3579

7 жыл бұрын

I'll just trust the left who tell me Islam is peaceful contrary to all the evidence presented in the Koran, the history books, and my own lying eyes.

@CH-kw8qw

7 жыл бұрын

Gene McN The Left isn't interested in policing religious beliefs.

Sam Harris and Bill Maher are my heroes.

@georgebond7777

8 жыл бұрын

No Sam Harris and Bill Maher are not your heroes they're your God's.

@alexcameron3226

8 жыл бұрын

+George Bond Fuck off, you fucking idiot drama queen.

@anthonyn4296

8 жыл бұрын

George Bond They're his God's heroes?

@Tomtv314

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed. We need these guys. They're awesome.

@Tomtv314

8 жыл бұрын

Ya agreed. Mac d is way off. Palestinian woman stabbed a pregnant Islaeli woman last week. Disgusting behaviour they should be completely ashamed of. And disqualifies any legitimate grievances they might have had. Israelis have never acted so abhorrently.

Hey Sam, I'm a Christian, but don't hold it against me! I would be more than happy to join forces with atheists such as yourself, and fight Islam. We may disagree on God, but both atheists and Christians respect, and live by democratic values - something that Islam despises. Let's get over our differences and unite in our cause - to uphold freedom of expression.

@bimmjim

8 жыл бұрын

+User58747 I agree. I am an atheist who has made alliances with some Christians for the purpose of defeating the destructive paradigm called Islam.

@vitovizzini7351

8 жыл бұрын

+User58747 I as an atheist will join forces with you, if you say this line three times to yourself in the mirror, " I'm a false prophet and God is a superstition." And then go outside and scream, "All hail Neil Degrasse Tyson and Satan." Then we can be friends :)

@User58747

8 жыл бұрын

+Vito Vizzini It's a deal!

@loremipsum7471

8 жыл бұрын

+Vito Vizzini Darwinian Evolution is a modern pagan religion. Are you willing to renounce Darwin and Dawkins who is your high priest?

@DescartesRenegade

8 жыл бұрын

you think Christianity doesn't support the same types of atrocities Islam does? difference is, there are fewer suicidal and fundamentalist Christians.

Sam Harris is the most rational man on religion, everyone else supports their arguments against Religion with emotion.

@acerbicatheist2893

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Pon Please meet Matt Dillahunty on the Atheist Experience, Austin Atheist Community, etc. :)

@franksanders9638

8 жыл бұрын

+ThoughtRise Do you ever say anything rational?

@writersblock26

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Pon Emotion, specifically passion, does not necessarily invalidate one's arguments against a faith tradition. 🤔 As dispassionate as Dr. Harris is, the late Mr. Christopher, though obviously not as knowledgeable in neuroscience, was just as well-versed in the Abrahamic faiths. 🙏

@alfrednemours7691

7 жыл бұрын

Sam Harris is the greatest bigot I've ever listened to. Demagogic bigotry under the cover of rational argument. I get the TED appeal.

I am of Sicilian decent, we have been fighting Islam for over a thousand years. This is nothing new.

Being Liberal my views have always been in line with Sam Harris views with Islam. It's refreshing to see as must of the time I feel like I get shined out by many other Liberals, all because I don't see eye to eye when it comes with Islam.

@lj3507

8 жыл бұрын

+UnknownDude007 Most liberals are complete pussies.

Another considered, sensitively expressed, but ultimately completely accurate portrayal of the current situation. As a god fearing atheist, I am left thinking that we really only have two choices open to us for overcoming this problem and ensuring the survival and progression of the human race: 1) Nuclear disarmament - starting at the north-western tip of Africa and then stopping when we get to the Pakistan/India border 2) Recognize IS as a country and allow all the true believers to escape 'the hell' of living in a western democracy and migrate to the caliphate. Just give a thumbs up for option 1) or thumbs down for option 2)

@deanfowles3707

9 жыл бұрын

MrRozebud hmmm uv got the much bigger threat of climate change to contend with. while we all bicker about wether god exists, who should run the world, who's a shit and who isn't the permafrost is thawing and the composition of the atmosphere is physically changing.

Sam keep talking you are the most reasonable person I know!!! :-)

@acerbicatheist2893

8 жыл бұрын

+Tara Mokaya Matt Dillahunty is very good too... He managed to prevent himself from strangling that piece of shit Matt Slick on more than one occasion - what could be more reasonable than that?

Although I am *not* an atheist, I strongly back Sam Harris on his views on Islam.

One of the most reasonable guy out there

George Carlin would be spinning in his fucking grave if he could see how much power we've given too weak politically correct language and ideology. He was too good for this shitty world. God bless you Sam, Keep fighting the good fight! DON"T LET THE SIGNAL DIE!!!!

@azmanabdula

8 жыл бұрын

+8587858 Imagine Bill Hicks opinion on all this?! Why do the greatest die young?!

I just got an educational ad for Islam on the day of the ISIS attack. I am now 100% convinced this is coordinated.

sometimes i wish there were (automatically created) transcripts of the videos, as there are parts which seem particularly useful for propagation in (digital) text form as an alternative. noting something said manually is quite tedious with the current slow input mechanisms. youtubes subtitles work quite well in principle but it does not insert any punctuation which makes it just be a long string of words which is very difficult to read. text still has the benefit of being all on the screen at once and having an exceptionally low data size and processing cost.

the last part of this is so relevant in Western Europe in July 2016

If Islam could use a reformation, this obviously would only come from them themselves. It's been happening in the West for Years. Rapidly it seems- without betraying their own personal heritage- they have adopted aspects of Western culture that they may find desirable. And this is the way it will happen. ... If we dislike certain beliefs and wish them to be replaced with "others," than the only way to achieve this is to showcase what "others" we're referring to. . . . . In my opinion this should be equality, forgiveness, humility, and just general empathy. I define these as: Equality= Theory/discontinuity. Humility= Belief/intent Forgiveness= Intent/Fear. And Empathy= Honesty/Feeling

Here is a guy who could take Koran to the dry cleaners, and put Mohammud on the spot light, for all to see.

@HyperionRexx

8 жыл бұрын

+Aerse Veertaube Yep, and do it all in a very calm way using nothing but the sword of reason and the dagger of logic. It's easy to see why religious nutjobs and left-wing politically correct apologists hate him so much.

I hope that Sam doesn't think that the worst part of the 2011 terror acts in Norway was that it somehow should have silenced people who criticized Islam, but when I listen to this it certainly sounds to me like that is his greatest concern and not all of the people that were killed and their families.

@janusgahrstre1998

9 жыл бұрын

***** Not true about harris. There was a terrorattack in norway, by a nonmuslim. he had to be mild.He is totally different when nothing big has happened.

Let's put it this way, if any person calls himself a Christian and does not believe Christ is the son of God, he ain't no Christian.

06:37 is "candid" and "honest" means the same, or what is the diference betveen them??? pls ansver if you know!!!

8:56 and onwards cracked me up, all the small as and ums

@JMaldonado64

9 жыл бұрын

Me too. He might be right on most points but hes a terrible stuttering speaker.

Sam is one of the 'Godliest' men I've seen; such a fine, righteous human being he is. So clever, and with such class as he knocks off one false icon after another? He didn't need to spread the good word at huge personal cost, and instead live off a potentially very lucrative neuroscientist/surgeon career.

Could someone clarify when this video was produced? It was uploaded in 2015, but Harris refers to "the recent terrorist attack in Norway". The only attack I can think of that he may be referring to was the Anders Breivik attack which happened four years ago in 2011. Thanks.

@janusgahrstre1998

9 жыл бұрын

We have only had 1 terroristattck since 1945, if you do not count leftists violence against opponents. We had a leftist who even tried to blow up a tempel in Israel in the 70s on orders from muslims, and he is a regarded Islam-expert here now, often refered to by the media. But those are not counted here, it is from 22/7 and ABB, Which happended because the labourparty ignored the peoples wishes in this question. It was bound to happen, when you remove free speech and go against the peoples wishes for over 15 years. We were patient here, other countris get action sooner than that when the people have been opressed. That is why Sam Harris is so kind with his words, happened right after the attack, and free speech was not allowaed, if you criticized Islam then, you were a NAZI. You should not couunt my country as a free state anymore,everything has changed since 9/11.

Harris=truth.

The heck was the noise at 2:27?

Wow! I was number 99,999 to watch this video. IT IS A SIGN!!!@!@##@!!!! to go to work :-) !

Not only is Sam brilliant....he has balls of steel. That's why I will no longer sit quietly on this issue.

Im a Christian so i rarely agree with this guy but yes, not all religions are the same. In Islam you have Mohammed who spread his religion through the sword, in Christianity you have Jesus who said "those who live by the sword will die by the sword" In Islam you have a calling to all Muslim men to jihad to protect the kingdom of God, and a call to rid the Arabian peninsula of all Jews and Christians. In Christianity you have the book of Luke where it says the kingdom of God is within men. Not land or a church but within men. Islam, stone and or burn the adulteress. Christianity - Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Two great documentaries I've seen are; 'Islam: What the west needs to know' and 'Obsession: Radical Islam's war against the west.'

Sam - I can see your point about a concern in allying with the more religious folks here in the west. But respectfully, I feel you may be going overboard in your overall refusal to join forces with them. I would argue it is possible to ally with the religious folks here in the west in correctly identifying the threats of violent Islam as well as the cultural contradictions, while at the same time steering clear of the more extreme elements that do exist. And this comes from a self-described agnostic, libertarian-conservative such as myself.

@razzle_dazzle

8 жыл бұрын

Harris may have changed his mind slightly on that point since the recording of this video. He has said more recently that he would vote for Ben Carson over Noam Chomsky, because at least Carson could be counted on to understand the threat of political Islam. At the same time, he described Carson as a dangerously deluded religious lunatic (or something similar to that), so it may have been more of a statement about how horribly confused Chomsky is when it comes to this issue.

@wyleehokie

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed. While I thought Dr Carson seemed a good and intelligent man, I felt he was terribly underqualified to be running for President. And I am with Sam on Ben being one who, though a medical doctor, does not understand or believe in evolution.

@wyleehokie

7 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you were replying to my comment there AtheistGamer. I realize my statement was sloppy. I was referring to Dr Carson not believing in evolution. Myself- I believe in the evolution of various species over countless millenia.

I like watching Harris' videos but theres something that I'm just not grasping and I hope one of you can explain it to me. People argue that it's only a few "bad apples" that spoil the bunch; that most muslims are peaceful and decent people. Harris argues that a few "bad apples" aren't the real problem, it is islam itself. I live in a very diverse community and I have many friends who are muslim, but they are also compassionate and pleasant people to be around. I am hoping to understand this: The muslim community where I live is full of wonderful, kind souls. How does their belief system pose a threat to me and/or my society?? They are not the ones with Ak-47's, in fact they condemn those acts. I really want to side with Harris because I stand with his stance on a lot of subjects, but I am having trouble understanding this one. If someone could illuminate this for me, would be great!!

@RuthwikRao

7 жыл бұрын

Because most humans you surround yourself with are ethical people. These kind hearted loving souls who are also Muslims are fortunately not practicing Islam rigorously. It's common among most religions how people cherry pick stuff they want to adhere to within religions and disregard the horrible parts. Christians do it, Hindus do it, Muslims do it, it goes on. It's ironically great that they do it because they're already one step ahead in acknowledging how fuckin ludicrous some parts are. But we should realize we're talking about Islam here. As a result, these friends of yours aren't exactly staying true to the tenets (especially in a doctrine like Islam where obedience and martyrdom are held paramount and are reserved as the highest possible reward there is). The large number of people are ethical and would say fuck no to these aspects, and that's a good thing.

@RuthwikRao

7 жыл бұрын

So in a way, your community does not bear integrity with the actual principles of Islam. I can guess most of them stay Muslim solely for pragmatic purposes (again, common among many religions) like spiritual guidance, as an effective coping mechanism for suffering faced in daily life and just the presence of community itself. These above are easily some of the most common reasons why most "non-violent" religious people are religious. It can still however be debated as to how valid is it to hold ideas that are inherently dangerous despite the people holding them being ethical and nonviolent. Some of these warm hearted people you talk about might as well be nonviolent and advocate for peace. But it's likely that they can also believe in some of the other clauses of Islam like apostasy, "shunning" honosexuals or just considering them to be less human or sinful or the "every sperm is sacred, condoms arebad" bullshit in catholicism that's causing millions to die in Africa from aids every year. These are horrible beliefs yet the people in your community may not act on these beliefs. And that is a very important distinction to be made. Having ludicrous beliefs is far less detrimental to the wellbeing of society than acting on them. You can see policies being made based on religious beliefs. That is wrong. Even though there's no evidence that people require religion to be moral and loving, no idea is above scrutiny. That is why debates like these exist, why ideas are evaluated, why critical enquiry is upheld. It's said that these debates aren't really for the participants themselves but for the fence sitters here, the viewers who can be persuaded either side based on the arguments presented by each side. Dawkins said it in one of his interviews how he doesn't really care for changing the minds of his opponents but rather present to the viewers watching the debates the ways in which his opponents make arguments, hoping to persuade them positively in any way to reconsider their beliefs, if there are any. Cheers and hope this helped in answering your questions.

@RuthwikRao

7 жыл бұрын

So in a way, your community does not bear integrity with the actual principles of Islam. I can guess most of them stay Muslim solely for pragmatic purposes (again, common among many religions) like spiritual guidance, as an effective coping mechanism for suffering faced in daily life and just the presence of community itself. These above are easily some of the most common reasons why most "non-violent" religious people are religious. It can still however be debated as to how valid is it to hold ideas that are inherently dangerous despite the people holding them being ethical and nonviolent. Some of these warm hearted people you talk about might as well be nonviolent and advocate for peace. But it's likely that they can also believe in some of the other clauses of Islam like apostasy, "shunning" honosexuals or just considering them to be less human or sinful or the "every sperm is sacred, condoms arebad" bullshit in catholicism that's causing millions to die in Africa from aids every year. These are horrible beliefs yet the people in your community may not act on these beliefs. And that is a very important distinction to be made. Having ludicrous beliefs is far less detrimental to the wellbeing of society than acting on them. You can see policies being made based on religious beliefs. That is wrong. Even though there's no evidence that people require religion to be moral and loving, no idea is above scrutiny. That is why debates like these exist, why ideas are evaluated, why critical enquiry is upheld. It's said that these debates aren't really for the participants themselves but for the fence sitters here, the viewers who can be persuaded either side based on the arguments presented by each side. Dawkins said it in one of his interviews how he doesn't really care for changing the minds of his opponents but rather present to the viewers watching the debates the ways in which his opponents make arguments, hoping to persuade them positively in any way to reconsider their beliefs, if there are any. Cheers and hope this helped in answering your questions.

@RuthwikRao

7 жыл бұрын

So in a way, your community does not bear integrity with the actual principles of Islam. I can guess most of them stay Muslim solely for pragmatic purposes (again, common among many religions) like spiritual guidance, as an effective coping mechanism for suffering faced in daily life and just the presence of community itself. These above are easily some of the most common reasons why most "non-violent" religious people are religious. It can still however be debated as to how valid is it to hold ideas that are inherently dangerous despite the people holding them being ethical and nonviolent. Some of these warm hearted people you talk about might as well be nonviolent and advocate for peace. But it's likely that they can also believe in some of the other clauses of Islam like apostasy, "shunning" honosexuals or just considering them to be less human or sinful or the "every sperm is sacred, condoms arebad" bullshit in catholicism that's causing millions to die in Africa from aids every year. These are horrible beliefs yet the people in your community may not act on these beliefs. And that is a very important distinction to be made. Having ludicrous beliefs is far less detrimental to the wellbeing of society than acting on them. You can see policies being made based on religious beliefs. That is wrong. Even though there's no evidence that people require religion to be moral and loving, no idea is above scrutiny. That is why debates like these exist, why ideas are evaluated, why critical enquiry is upheld. It's said that these debates aren't really for the participants themselves but for the fence sitters here, the viewers who can be persuaded either side based on the arguments presented by each side. Dawkins said it in one of his interviews how he doesn't really care for changing the minds of his opponents but rather present to the viewers watching the debates the ways in which his opponents make arguments, hoping to persuade them positively in any way to reconsider their beliefs, if there are any. Cheers and hope this helped in answering your questions.

I am with you on almost every point Sam Harris! Please don't stop, we need to have adult conversations about a religion that is just not the same in doctrine or how literally the religion is taken as Christianity is now. I am Atheist and think all religions are nonsense, but the reality is that Islam has not had enough time to 'grow up' and take itself less seriously like Christianity has. I live in Canada and would like to hear what the average Muslim in Canada thinks about what should happen to a Canadian apostate from Islam. To be honest I would despise Islam for the misogyny alone but I have heard answers to that one question from Europe and I REALLY did not like the answers. This is not something to ignore, or to attack blindly either. We need more adult conversations (ie no Ben Affleck screaming like an asshole) about this issue. While we are at it we should take a few moments to look at Christian terror attacks on Kansas abortion clinics too; but that would be another adult discussion for a separate conversation.

no homo but Sam squeaking at 0:25 was absolutely adorable

2:27 that noise Sam makes....ssssssssssss'cute

What was he referring to at the very end?

@42Mrgreenman

9 жыл бұрын

The xenophobia thing about europe? I think he is referring to the notion that has been circulating since the Charlie Hebdo attack (and perhaps before) that muslims feel that many europeans are not allowing them to "assimilate" into european culture and are using such attacks as a pretense for excluding them from european society...I'm an american so as to the truth of it I can't be certain but it's something i've heard referenced by several journalists....

@shawnschaitel838

9 жыл бұрын

S Crosmun Its happening in the USA as well

As a person who isnt Sam Harris i agree with him ^^

Thank you Sam.....

Maybe the "right wing" is not actually that right wing. Maybe it's just normal people who have had a dose of reality.

I think the Atheist-Christian alliance could work against the dangers of Jihad. As long as both sides agree not to attack each other's character and ultimately agree to disagree.

Sam Harris, right on in everything he says, again.

Muhammad was a brilliant conqueror. He learned quite early in life that the easy thing to conquer in men is their minds, not their bodies. 1,400 years after his death, he continues to conquer people who don't share his ideology. All the while, his god remains invisible. As combinations of qualities go, he was clearly the most brilliant, influential, _and_ evil man to ever exist.

@Phantom-ez4zv

6 жыл бұрын

He wasn't an apolgetic weakling coward, the truth needs conquering as well. You know if someone is great when people still to this day people love him by billions and hate him by millions..

This conflict, when you really take a big step back is becoming pretty complicated. Ideas of liberalism, secular society, democracy, freedom of speech, equality, capitalism, foreign affairs, media fed hysteria, tribalism, dictatorship, conspiracy, reformation of a religion... Sort of looks like the situation of the Jews previous to 1939 until the established Israel country

With regard to the embryonic stem cell issue: If the woman has sex outside of marriage she has dishonored her family and will suffer the consequences; if she is married and aborts her child and the child turns out to be a male child, she will suffer the consequences greatly if not in this world, she is told she will suffer eternal fire. But if it's a girl, hey, no problem! all the better! It is actually encouraged!

@TheDiamondRealm

8 жыл бұрын

+sparklingmichele I would keep praising Islam and Hinduism for that one Sam!

still relevant today.

I am watching this in 2017 and I have already forgotten the evil attack he is talking about in Norway simply because it seems to be every month nowadays. And people(and most governments) still wont admit there is a problem. What needs to happen FFS!!

I agree with you Sam. - Pls help promote the reading of Peter Townsend's book with the title: "Nothing to do with Islam?" - Investigating the West's most dangerous blind spot. Thanks in advance ! Giorgio

At 2:55, Sam Harris prays to the god of Apple.

Let's assume everyone accepts his viewpoint on Islam, then what, what do we do with that information?

@myoung48281

9 жыл бұрын

Mikko Finell How do you do that ..migrating them

@myoung48281

9 жыл бұрын

Mikko Finell And that's the big question, what do you do. I think the left senses that the categorical acknowledgement that a religion is bad and dangerous leads to a biblical sort of solution...kill them all, including women and babies if they don't reject their religion en masse.

@janusgahrstre1998

9 жыл бұрын

mark y We are europeans, so we do nothing at all. If Islam shit's itself on the leg again, we may have to wipe it under the carpet though. May have to remove free speech totally, if people start saying what really is written in the book. Mayby we will nail Sam Harris to the town square in brussel, and make people spit on him, for tolerance sake, IF HE DARES COME HERE!. Mayby we have to demand that US gives us hitchens dead body, so we can burn him in auswitzh in a tribute to muslims, for tolerance sake. Other than that, we shall do nothing.

@burgercide

9 жыл бұрын

mark y The only way we might even hope to know what to do is to have a far better understanding of Islam and Muslims than Harris does. A good place to start would be Karen Armstrong's "Islam: A Short History".

@myoung48281

9 жыл бұрын

burgercide So you read it and what is your conclusion in terms of a course of action?

eloquent

A Christian who does not think that Jesus is the Son of God is not a Christian. By definition.

Sam is very bright, thoughtful and not bigoted at all, I believe. But his opinion that there is some taboo against speaking against Islam did not seem true then, and certainly not now (at least here in the US: witness Trump). As an atheist, I've never felt unable to speak against Islam. Neither, clearly, has Sam Harris. idk Maybe Christians do, and maybe they should - they're nuts too. Also I'm just not sure what people think they can accomplish by talking, I guess, *even more* than we do about how terrorism is related to radical Islamic ideas? I don't even know. Cruz is all about this too, which should disturb Sam a little, I think (actually he says it does at 5:15): He says if we can't name the problem (by which he means precisely calling it 'Islamic terrorism') we can't defeat it. It's not Voldemort, ffs!! They are just mortal guys with guns and bombs and knives. So, what more can Sam do to sway muslims away from important but dangerous ideas in Islam than we can do by shooting people who act on these ideas? Is he trying to convince Muslims to do the swaying, to reform Islam? It doesn't seem like it. Maybe he is trying to convince people who can convince people. Mostly, I think he's just helping to anger the ordinary, ignorant muslim, who just sees how this fits into the well-know 'clash of civilizations' narrative. I don't know, though, maybe it's for the best in thew long run?

Bernie supporters for Trump. Trump is the only choice now. Trump understands all the BS with Islam.

@Chizzy941

7 жыл бұрын

3rd parties exist. Now is the time surely? I grant I am speaking as a non-American, but surely as neither Hillary or Trump are good, rational choices America must choose an alternative?

Partisans of any persuasion need to start standing up and being critical of Apple. Steve Jobs created a prison for the user and people need to look at intentions and realise that supporting Apple is supporting bad intentions. It's really hard to believe any Apple supporters can have a moral compass or intelligence if they believe apple is an acceptable part of society.

I just some atheists would allow and be more tolerant to religious people like they want to be accepted and tolerant.

Sam Harris is very respectful individual who is mostly curious and take things subjectively. I disagree with his views about Islam's perspective on jihad. Individuals cannot take law in their own hands, otherwise there will be bloodshed of innocent people, thats exactly happening, used by extermists. There is more discussion needed, i hope Sam harris, research it bit more and look at it more holistically.

Its your word (sam ) aginst these people words...here are some of the great non-muslims personals through history disagreeing with sam! M.K.Gandhi, YOUNG INDIA, 1924 "...I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and his own mission. These, and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every trouble." YOUNG INDIA, 1924 Annie Besant, The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932, p. 4: "It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher." George Bernard Shaw - The Genuine Islam Vol.No.8, 1936. “I believe if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring much needed peace and happiness. I have studied him - the man and in my opinion is far from being an anti-Christ. He must be called the Savior of Humanity. I have prophesied about the faith of Mohammad that it would be acceptable the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.” Lamartine - Histoire de la Turquie, Paris 1854, Vol II, pp. 276-77: "If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad? " Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca, Oxford 1953, p. 52: "His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad."

@infinitezest3912

7 жыл бұрын

Thinking Quotes from years ago to justify modern atrocities? Fuck off.

@thinking3954

7 жыл бұрын

Infinite Zest Just because you were born yesterday and still put diapers on your ass doesn't mean the world started yesterday. writting was invented 5000 years ago , why are you using writting now then?! without writting you couldn't have replied to me you little child. you only can live here and now no past and no future!

The problem is that people take his messages too literally and apply it to the conflicts happening nowadays. These problems we have today are due to geo political problems, not the religion itself although i'm not denying that religion plays a part in some of the negativity

Here's a novel idea: *Europe belongs to Europeans*.

brought to u by Apple

Looks like an Apple ad.

This was painful to watch. In the words of Clint Eastwood, "Come on, get the shit out of your mouth."

"If martyrdom is seen as the highest religious calling, then a reasonable expectation would be that the people with the most knowledge about Islamic law (Shariah) would desire to carry out these operations with greater frequency,". However, despite the religious justification that IS uses for suicide missions, "Those with the most religious knowledge within the organization itself are the least likely to volunteer to be suicide bombers," the study found. Why then if religious 'belief' is the catalyst for violence does it not translate into action?. Why are the most ignorant the embodiment of what it means to be a 'true-believer' of Islam?. bigstory.ap.org/article/9f94ff7f1e294118956b049a51548b33/islamic-state-gets-know-nothing-recruits-and-rejoices

So what's the solution?

8:28 Sam is concerned that Christians are impeding embryonic stem cell research as if that is a threat. He admits in the same breath about the "lifesaving consequences we MIGHT enjoy." Sam admits that there are NO benefits from embryonic stem cell research!

There are believers, and those that do not believe, in a supernatural creator; a personal God that gives them purpose in life and that (if they are good) the chosen will live Forever. These believers are crazy, they need to be so diagnosed, and treated with education.

Sam Harris is like an atheist Bill O'Reilly.

@38Gaucho

9 жыл бұрын

In what way?

@carlospazdespierta

9 жыл бұрын

He rallies right wing secular people who are a little above of right wing mainstream media. But in the end he just gives "rational" arguments for the same shit: imperialist foreing policy, pre-emptive strikes, racial profiling, torture and white fear againts arabs/muslims.

@carlospazdespierta

9 жыл бұрын

Same thing Bill O'Reilly fans say.

@janusgahrstre1998

9 жыл бұрын

Carlos Paz Despierta I live here dude, we are branded NAZIs if we say anything bad about Islam. We can't say female mutilation is wrong without becoming nazis now. We have the blasphemy-paragraph in the racism-paragraph. I got no problem with south americans as you are, I got a problem with Islam, who hates women, and now 2/3 of the women in our female shelters are muslim women, and it is 2% muslims here. We are nazis if we link it to islam. You do the math, emigrate here please, and live under it. One year, every rapeconvicted in our capitol apart from rape in close relation, were commited by people from muslim-dominated countries. The police held a special press-conference on the subject, never happened before. And it is 5% muslims in the capitol. The female chief of sexual crime-section was branded a racist for telling the people the truth. We had a nice society here, now we do not let our daughters go alone anymore, and the rape-rate has doubled between 2001-2011. So don't F***ing defend it, you don't live here.

@carlospazdespierta

9 жыл бұрын

Please don't hide your islamophobia behind a concern for women. 1) Female genital mutilation is not an islamic problem. It's mostly a central african problem and it ocurrs in muslim countries and christian countries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_female_genital_mutilation_by_country 2) You can perfectly be commited to struggle against violence towards women without the islamophobia. Muslim women struggle against gender violence just like christian women. Instead of hating Islam, HELP THOSE WOMEN.

Lolzz... in spite of Chomsky fiasco .. he simply never learns... lolzz ...

Why is Ben Stiller trying to sound intellectual while actually being racist?

This Jew knows fuck all

The big question is though; what are we going to do with the the information, which I also do belive to be true; that of all the big religions, Islam has the most violent doctrines within it. Yet still, it`s not actually very helpful to demonize the religion and it`s followers, as we still have to live with Islam and Muslims in this planet earth; we can`t just wipe entire religion and it`s followers away. It´s very very tricky subject. Big reform should take place. Money for education? Counter-progapanda towards moderate Islam? Ultimately the bombings are only short term solutions. A total war against Islam would start a countdown for Endtimes..

@ryan4butler1

8 жыл бұрын

I know I'm responding very late to this comment, but I think I have an idea. The only way to encourage muslim communities to be truly democratic a state must ban sharia law and no go zones within public communities and cities. Problems like those and violence against women, gays and non believers within Islamic countries can never be solved unless there are large groups of native muslims who can actually challenge their own communities without the risk of being persecuted violently. Ex-Muslims should hold a large, protected spot in supporting those who choose to leave islam and be offered safety after being renounced from their communities. Radical Islam within the middle east, however, will take centuries of social and political reform to actually be "toned down". The only thing the west can do to stop foreign muslims who don't believe in democracy is to outlaw their passage into nations in large groups like refugees. Refugees settle amongst themselves and don't always tend to conform to the laws and freedoms on europan countries and further develop into problem zones. I believe what Trump said about limiting the passage of muslim citizens in america for certain period of time and not allowing refugees in will solve the potential threat of a home grown jihadist or non-secular groups colonizing within our cities. Many terrorists that lived in the united states always had one thing in common, they traveled to middle eastern countries to become radicalized then came back with the knowledge to do these things, so a travel ban to these countries would be a red flag to the government possibly. Trump also provided a very doable solution to stop the spread of ISIS which was the pinpoint termination of internet and intern communications within hot zones in the middle east. The FCC could shut down most of the IPs within certain geographical locations hampering ISIS's communication without expensive workarounds. There's unfortunately no snakes head of ISIS but there is an ability to chop it up from within.

Dear Dr Sam Harris. I find it so fascinating that you take it so personally what people say about you. If someone calls you a right-wing extremist, you'll go out of lengths to disprove that fact, just to be a decent person. You're walkning a thin line. You are on a balancing act that is impossible in the end. The anxious middle way of a liberal is so dead. You cannot say anything today without being called a right-wing-extremest. So you won't get away from this shaming. Might just accept it. They will attack you from left to right and you will have no middle ground. That doesn't mean that you have to be a racist, in the original sense of the word. Mark Steyn, Ezra Levant, Geert Wilders, Paul Weston are not racisists. Just realize that.

Sam makes a small error during the start of this clip. It's not only "racists, fascists and anti-Semites(?)" who are vocal about the negative attributes of Islamism; but anybody who does raise concerns about the tenets of that faith, is quickly labelled as being racist, fascist, bigoted or Islamophobic. Standard Islamic practice to smear and silence discourse on the subject.

@gunofapreacherman1340

8 жыл бұрын

+Well111 Fair point. The thing is, I don't know a single person who has raised (what I feel are legitimate) concerns about the doctrines of Islam, who hasn't been tarred as a racist, xenophobe, bigot or Islamophobe. Do you know anybody?

@azmanabdula

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Hart "For the most part" If anything, what you said is the majority.... "anybody who does raise concerns about the tenets of that faith, is quickly labelled as being racist, fascist, bigoted or Islamophobic." They act as though every one of us (Those against islam) ....is a German Nazi from the 30's When someones head gets cut off, or someone blows people to bits, we get called racists for calling out this bullshit... Weird times...

The think is when it comes to the word of islam soo many people would suggest its a religion path for only muslims, no it isnt, the word islam means two thing peace and to summit to the will of God, if you believe in God or Allah in Arabic than you following the right path and it's for everyone, Muslim means the one who summits to the will of God that's it, forget about Isis and all those rubbish things..., mankind are always killers and even if ... Religion wasn't their ... They would still rage on wars against each other simply because everyone has emotions and some days it goes up way way up and sometimes down like really depression state and you can experience that by just reading a news paper or just watching the tv, what I am saying in here is the media controls our emotions and that's how it works..., not everyone is knowledgeable and intelligent some are some not, those who understand can sometimes control over their emotions ...

Sam Harris does not respect wood....

Sam you can't completely separate Islam from culture... It's no coincidence that the cultures in the middle East are Islamic. Same with the new Islamic converts in European countries. It becomes the general culture after the idea is spread far/ or close enough

Judaism is based on scripture so archaic and backwards that almost nobody takes it literally. Christianity is based on scripture slightly less archaic and backwards, and a lot more people take it literally. Compared to Judaism and Christianity, Islam is based on much more modern scripture. If I'm not mistaken it's the only Abrahamic religion not based on a dead language. It is far more logically consistent than Judaism or Christianity and for this reason, perhaps others, more people take the Quran literally than is the case with Judaism or Christianity. We shouldn't demonize the religion however, just like we shouldn't demonize any other religion. To act as if Islam is one coherent group is madness. If we are going to demonize something, and have any success with that helping people, it should be the people taking Islam literally. For that matter, the people who read any religious scripture literally are probably going to cause major problems. I beg Mr. Harris and his fans to deeply consider this. Rather than insult an absolutely massive demographic of people with sweeping generalizations, why not focus on the problem--people who can't abstract modern lessons from ancient scripture. Muslims most definitely are not the problem as some type of coherent group. It is literalists, who are abundant due to Islam being the most modern/consistent Abrahamic religion. They are the problem not only for us but for Islam itself. It pains me to see a Sufi like Reza Aslan treated as if he is part of some global conspiracy to spread terror. Reza Aslan is the solution far more than condemning an absolutely massive religious body is. If you want to see Islam healthy, start selling Reza Aslan books.

@franksanders9638

9 жыл бұрын

Taylor Oliphant I agree that it would help if less people took religion literally. But if they are going to stop taking it literally, then why not abandon it altogether? Religious doctrine is meant to be taken literally. But let's pretend it isn't, let's take Reza Aslan's ridiculous "language of spirituality" argument seriously. In my opinion this is just as bad or worse, because it means than religious doctrine means whatever any particular religious leader says it means. The meaning of religion must come either from scripture or clergy/preachers or both, in cannot be individualized. The reason it cannot be purely individualized is because then it is not a religion - if each individual person defines religious beliefs purely on their own, then it follows that there is no religion - just individual spiritual beliefs. I started typing as i was reading your post, I now see you are a Reza fan. That's a shame, he is a dishonest imbecile.

@lineaayo

9 жыл бұрын

Frank Sanders "Religious doctrine is meant to be taken literally." - Why would you think that? The Pope doesn't even take it literally. That's a really obscure and obviously harmful perspective perspective if taken to an extreme isn't it? At the very least, what gives you the right to make objective claims about how religious doctrines should be interpreted? As you note indirectly, you aren't religious. No offense, but I'm not exactly certain you are an authority on the matter and I don't see a whole lot of references my friend.

@franksanders9638

9 жыл бұрын

Taylor Oliphant I thought I explained myself quite clearly. What makes you think the pope does not take religious doctrine literally? When a preacher or imam or any clergy quote the bible or qur'an what purpose is served other than taking the passage seriously and literally? Your argument seems to be exactly what my follow-up was all about; if it is not taken literally then it is exactly what a religious leader says it means - which is no less dangerous. And even though (I presume) you are religious, you don't seem to understand religion very well. The core belief of Islam is that the qur'an is the final message of god/allah to humanity as revealed by the "prophet muhammad". One of the central tenets of Islam is that it is the "perfect" book, so well written and brilliant it's writing can only be "divine". None of what I just said is considered even slightly controversial by any devout muslim. Similarly Christianity is based on the new testament of the bible being the teachings of Jesus Christ. How exactly can one be a Christian and not believe in the bible? Religion is either what a religious leader says it is, or what a holy book says it is. Again, individual spirituality is not by definition a religion. Which of these definitions from Merriam-Webster describes any major religion today?? 1) the belief in a god or in a group of gods 2) an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods 3) an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or group I believe in god. But I am not religious at all. So it cannot be #1. # 3 could apply to bowling....so that's not it. I guess it must be # 2......... Your idiot hero Reza should go find an imam and explain to him that religious doctrine does not exist and the qur'an and hadiths are not meant to be taken seriously or literally. He will most likely be killed in short order....but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

@lineaayo

9 жыл бұрын

What do you think of Quakers?

@franksanders9638

9 жыл бұрын

Taylor Oliphant LOL. The oat cereal guys???

I would like to hear what is really the major difference between your standpoint and a general nationalistic stanpoint of any european who are atheistic and ant-islam? Why are you so scared of affiliated with them? And where are your anxiuos minded supporters? Do they exist?

Sam makes a lot of strong arguments, but it bothers me how uncritically he accepts the idea that people on the right are, in his words, racists, fascist, homophobes. As crazy as this may sound, there do exist quite a number of people who oppose big government, and are not racist. I know that's just mind-bending, but it's true.

Slight nitpick. There are no Christians who don't believe that Jesus is not the son of god. The moment they stop believing that they are not christians anymore, since The whole point of the religion is In Jesus. If we reverse that back to the muslim issue it would essentially mean that to stop muslims holding those extreme views you have to stop them from muslims. Not sure if he was getting at that in the first place.

@nm425

8 жыл бұрын

The view that Jesus is the son of God is not the central tenet to Christianity. It's the dogma of the predominant denomination, but other denominations and other viewpoints exist under the umbrella of Christianity.

@ToveriJuri

8 жыл бұрын

Nick Miller You are right. Such a silly mistake from me. It was quite long ago when this topic was brought up in high school I had completely forgotten.

You can't be a Muslim while ignoring the command of Muhammad, exactly like you can't be a Christian while denying Jesus as the Christ/incarnation of God.

“About sixty-one percent of the contents of the Koran are found to speak ill of the unbelievers or call for their violent conquest; at best only 2.6 percent of the verses of the Koran are noted to show goodwill toward humanity. About seventy-five percent of Muhammad’s biography (Sira) consists of jihad waged on unbelievers.”God’s curse be upon the infidels! Evil is that for which they have bartered away their souls. To deny God’s own revelation, grudging that He should reveal His bounty to whom He chooses from among His servants! They have incurred God’s most inexorable wrath. An ignominious punishment awaits the unbelievers.” Quran 2:89-2:90 “Lord…Give us victory over the unbelievers.” Quran 2:286 “Lord…give us victory over the unbelievers.” Quran 3:147 “I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers.” Quran 8:12 “Let not the unbelievers think they will ever get away. They have not the power so to do. Muster against them all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” Quran 8:59-60 “When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them.” Quran 9:5 “Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate.” Quran 9:73 “Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you. Deal firmly with them. Know that God is with the righteous.” Quran 9:123 “Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another…” Quran 5:51 “He that chooses a religion over Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will be one of the lost.” Quran 3:85 “Let not believers make friends with infidels in preference to the faithful - he that does this has nothing to hope for from Good - except in self-defense. God admonishes you to fear Him: for to God shall all return.” Quran 3:28

Islam was not a strong political force until 1979 when the Islamic revolution started. Most Muslim nations were led by secular-nationalist governments. This only changed after the Islamic revolution and the neoliberale changes. Neoliberalism is a extreme capitalist ideology about privatisations and deregulations. It was first enforced in Pinochet's Chile and soon became the new dogma of the political right-wing. Neoliberalism was carried out by most world governments, even so called socialist ones in Europe. In the Middle East, the secular-nationalist regimes also turned to privatizations, which led to uncertainty and rising poverty among workers. Islam became a political alternative for many as religious leaders were able to take control over the masses. So Islamism was a weak ideology at first, but like in Palestine with Hamas it took control when the secular-nationalist leaders enforced free market dogma and capitalist logics, causing poverty and massive anger!

@franksanders9638

9 жыл бұрын

Revolutionary Socialist Media I think you meant 779 not 1979....

@hrnbrkdnztncy

8 жыл бұрын

+Revolutionary Socialist Media you are really ignorant and you are not aware of it. Sad case.

BTW Jesus is the son of God.

Nice Sam in denying the Golden Rule.

The problem with Sam is how uneducated he is about world events. The problem is a virulent form of Islam which has it's origins in Saudi Arabia. Most of the terrorist groups (ISIS, Al Qaeda, Chechen rebels, Bali bombers, 9/11 hijackers) have their origins in Wahhabism. It's a particular poisonous ideology of a tiny but extremely influential and powerful group which Sam would just write off as Islam. You don't see sufis, shiites and alawites in these extremist groups. It's goal of course is to convert other Muslims and reform and purify Islam (there's Hirsi Ali's reformation) but to name it is to offend our allies.

You attack Islam properly Well we do not attack your religion Islam does not urge violence, you believe in the Son of God, if you believe that the Son of God, this line will not be no creature can cross the seven heavens Is there a woman estimated to cross the seven heavens without any help really, and from a woman who is to make God Almighty even seen her no, Mary is a human being like any other human being, but she was one of the privileged only we Amn that God is one verse from the Koran (Say God is one God Samad did Aald and unborn and it was not fun no longer one) to read from the Koran a little wool know everything

Dangerous extremist. Does more harm than good. K.K.K. Logic.

@franksanders9638

8 жыл бұрын

+Alba Dona Lovely comment. Completely devoid of content.

@albadona9300

8 жыл бұрын

+Frank Sanders If you don't understand what K,K.K. logic is, just listen to David Duke. Both he and Harris sound alike, Except that Duke slams the Jews while Harris give it to the Muslims. Both use the same logic, are extremists ,and dangerous.

@franksanders9638

8 жыл бұрын

Alba Dona Information on terror attacks is available online, do you have Google? Type "list of terrorist incidents". How old are you? Is this a child I'm talking to? Now what is really funny is that you think people like Chomsky are balanced, but Harris is biased. Has Chomsky ever said anything aside from "the US military industrial complex or foreign policy is to blame" ??? You call Chomsky an "intellectual heavyweight"????????????? He is brilliant in LINGUISTICS!!!!!!!!! That is his field. Now he is certainly entitled to have opinions outside his field, but we know what they are. He could have shut his trap years ago - we know what is going to come out of it. But I should not be surprised - you also seem to believe Chris Hedges is an intellectual. That is nothing more than a bad joke.

sam harris islam

Jesus forgave and saved the adulteress ("he who is without sin cast the first stone") = MERCY. Mohamed had the adulteress stoned to death right under his nose = 'Islamic justice' and intolerance Say it all really :)

Hey Sam, redo this video, please. I know you have the knowledge and that you are capable of constructing amazingly long sentences. I am very impressed. However, you must talk down to the "Left/Liberals." They are not very bright. . I rather call 'them' PCs because I am somewhat left and liberal, myself. . . Anyway, they are not any smarter than the Tea Partiers, so please make another video with this same intent. But make it simpler. After all, Einstein said that intelligence is the ability to simplify. Note also that the mass murderer in Norway was unconnected to any group. He made up his reasons in his own mind. These crazy individuals should not be compared to the masses of murderers who are controlled by a well organized paradigm like islam. Sam, with great respect, I ask you to use your credentials and fame to help save humanity from the Death Cult called Islam. If necessary, have some less intelligent person write it for you. You want to aim your information package at a point, just below the bulge of the curve, so you are communicating to a majority.

What a colossal waste of time... Spending days, weeks, and years arguing which religion causes the most violence in the world. Even assuming that you could somehow "prove" that the religion you choose to pick on somehow is the most responsible, what then, can you do about it? Nothing. You're not going to convince a devout Muslim, Christian or Jew to give up his religion just because you say it's illogical, or stupid, or vicious, or cruel.... On the other hand, you CAN do something to reduce the level of violence in this world: work to stop the country of which you are a citizen from committing violent acts. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

@rowanova258

8 жыл бұрын

+jm123456789101112 thats stupid. ever heard the phrase 'nice guys finish last'?

@jm123456789101112

8 жыл бұрын

So rowa nova, you think that the guy who elbows his way in front of you on line and steps on your foot while doing so should be rewarded for not being "nice"?

@rowanova258

8 жыл бұрын

jm123456789101112 nope but there's a reason why the phrase about nice guys persist in society and why it is true

Dear Left Liberals, I'm dying out here, won't you please help a brother out? Turns out building an entire brand as a torture supporting, atrocity apologizing, race baiting blogger had a limited lifespan... who knew? My lame attempt to segway into a New Agey, "Find your life Chakra" crypto-buddhist meditation guru career fell totally flat, and picking a fight with Chomsky didn't help matters... old as he is he still mopped the floor with me! Unlike Dawkins, who's a real evolutionary biologist, and Krauss, who's an actual astrophysicist, and Dennet, who's a little goofy but at least knows his shit when it comes to philosophy... I don't really have anything else to fall back on. As you know, I'm not a real neuroscientist, I just play one on the web. I know dissing liberals for being "politically correct" sounds a bit tired and 90's-ish (or even Trump-ish), but at this point I'm desperate. I need some controversy, ANY controversy that'll keep me going until I find something else to blog on. The whole Bush/Chenney, War on Terror, Neo Con chicken hawk thing is becoming passe and I really really really need some new material if I'm going to stay relevant here... In the meantime, could you please post comments attacking me, insulting me, calling me a fascist, a Neo Con or whatever, to give my fans something to do while I try to come up with some new stuff? #reallyappreciateit, #helpmeout, #from-right-librul-2-left-librul. #dont-wana-end-up-like-palin-and-beck, #muslims-not-a-race-so-its-okay-2B-fascist Yours sincerely, Swami Sammy (PS, I'll throw in a brand new set of Ginzu Knives if you act now!)

@santosd6065

8 жыл бұрын

+TheJimboman300 Well Jimbo, I have to give you that one. Harris is definitely one of the most polite race baiting, torture supporting Neo Con bloggers out there. In that arena he certainly has O'Reilly and Limbaugh beat. When I said "mopping the floor" I meant "disproved every one of Harris's junior high debating team arguments", not a competition in condescending, pedantic, whinny, self pitying pseudo politeness... which of course Harris would win every time. The "public debate" Harris "tried to engineer" (ie, manipulate in direct contradiction to Chomsky's expressed wishes, how's that for "polite"?) went something like this: SAM: Hey Noam, here's an article where I say you never bother to ask if intentions matter. Sure, we commit atrocities just like Al Qaeda does, but our intentions are good and theirs are bad, that makes all the difference. NOAM: I’ve been answering that question for 40 years, including in the article you just quoted you little twerp. Every psychopath in history claims to have good intentions. How do you know Clinton’s professed good intentions were actually his intentions when he bombed Al Shifa? SAM: Well… Clinton said it, I believe it, that settles it! And anyway, you say intentions don’t matter at all, right, so if we kill people by accident it’s the same as Al Qaeda killing people on purpose, right? NOAM: Didn’t I just answer that? Ugh. “Killing people by accident” isn’t what happened in Al Shifa… the fact is, Clinton didn’t care if 10,000 Sudanese died. SAM: Why you have to be so mean? Stop being mean to me! Why you gotta say “ugh” like you’re mad at me? Anyway, here’s this “thought experiment” I came up with… What if I were right and you were wrong… that would mean I’m right, right? NOAM: That’s stupid. SAM: Ok, since you won't stop being mean to me I can’t talk to you any more. Can I post this conversation on my blog so my fans can all see how mean you are to me? NOAM: Whatever you freak. SAM: Woo hoo! I win! Laters! ________________________________________________________ But I do agree, aside from reaching out to Chomsky for a debate in order to somehow boost up his brand, then publishing the exchange in spite of Chomsky having turned him down, misrepresenting Chomsky's views (insisting Chomsky says intentions don't matter, when Chomsky's entire career is one long series of exposing politicians and leaders intentions), being whinny, childish, petulant and sarcastic when Chomsky refused to go along with his nonsense "thought experiments" and sophomoric apologetics for US atrocities... ... yeah, he was very polite. I personally always try to be polite to my racist Fox News watching relatives. Don't see why Chomsky wasn't. (hope it wasn't impolite of me to say so)

@delta-vk1me

6 жыл бұрын

any lunatic who thinks fish turn into people is insane and going to burn in hell with the muslims

Sorry Sam, there are NO Christians who do not believe Jesus is the son of God.

Until this liar get's a full education on Islam, you know, at least until he understands that Jesus had a virgin birth in Islam also, then I might take him seriously, might.

Liberals who criticize Harris aren't doing it out of "political correctness". They criticize Harris for misunderstanding Islam.

:)

@SenorQuichotte

8 жыл бұрын

+CatFacedKillers Uh oh, here comes the crying fascist Islamic media pukes coming to wage jihad on you.

He's just a Bigot

You were doing fine until you started to denigrate Christianity likley to make it appear you give all religions the same dismissal. Islam is itself a major, if not greatest problem to mankind, especially when you start to examine it and realize it is a mishmash of poorly and incorrectly plagerized religious text and therefore cannot be valid on any religious grounds. Then it must be treated for what it is: Nazism with a god made in the appearance of religion, and so cleverly crafted that it enslaves all who enter and believe, and poses eternal danger to all who never do. Giving it any special treatment as religion is doing mankind the greatest disservice because by lessening its threat you are emboldening it and giving it some holy credence rather than dealing with it as an outright lie and universal eternal danger that must be fully exposed, fought, and eliminated.